As A Natural Never Forget This!!

Recently I had the privilege of participating in a photoshoot for a natural hair magazine with some other Barbadian naturalistas. I had soo much fun and the photos looked great from what I could see. The editor, Ms. August, wanted to know what was the best advice I had for a natural and my go to product. The product I had to think a while about but that advice came to my mind straight off the bat.

NEVER let your hair get dry!!
I'm not telling you to keep your hair damp or to spray it with water every hour. I'm talking about keeping your hair well moisturized at ALL times and not letting it get bone dry. You know, that hair that's so dry you hear it rustling and see tumble-weed going across the road.
There are great reasons why every natural should avoid this and not follow my repeated, repeated mistakes and we'll look at all off them and how to avoid them in this and coming posts.

It's Harder To Remoisturize
When your hair gets that dry, it's more difficult for the hair to absorb any water it then gets. Take a sponge, for example. When a sponge it completely dry and you put water on it, it doesn't soak it up right away. In fact, some of the water rolls off! You have to soak it completely for a little bit to get the sponge to absorb water and that's exactly what you need to do with your hair.

A Tangled, Breaking Mess
Dry hair will tangle faster than moisturized hair and when you try to detangle, you'll probably stop when the sounds *snap, crackle and pop* grate your nerves to a super-sensitive state! You'll get a first hand look at what dandruff would look like if it was black as your shirt will be littered with short little hairs that have broken off of your mane. A depressing sight, if I do say so myself. If you have length goals, even more depressing as you cannot retain length with dry hair, as it will break. Don't try to detangle your hair while dry and there will be no need to shed tears.

In the next post we'll look at two more reasons to avoid dry hair like the plague and then I'll tell you how to avoid it altogether.

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Thanks for reading and God bless!